CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-44256

5.3 MEDIUM Published 2026-08-19 Modified 2026-10-26 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-08-19
Last modified
2026-10-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-117

Description

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.4.0 until 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta2, api/api/middlewares.py decodes the Basic authentication username before credential validation and passes it to the access logger without neutralizing control characters. api/api/alogging.py interpolates that value into the plain-text API log. An unauthenticated attacker can include carriage returns or line feeds in the username to forge entries, obscure activity, or poison systems that consume the plain-text audit log. The JSON log format is not affected because JSON serialization escapes these characters. This issue is fixed in versions 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta2.

Affected configurations

• wazuh wazuh (>= 4.4.0 < 4.14.6) • wazuh wazuh 5.0.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-117 Improper Output Neutralization for Logs weakness

References